ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234314
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| Date: | Sunday 31 August 1941 |
| Time: | 23:47 claim |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD859 |
| MSN: | OL-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Munsterbilzen, Bilzen, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 20:15 hrs for an operation to Köln in Germany.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights for three minutes & intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wilhelm Dimter of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
The pilot, Sgt Frank Dacey (21 years old), John Bensley (co-pilot, 28 years-old) and the two radio-telegraphers/board gunners, John Clark (20 years old) and Harry Tonks all rest in a collective grave at Heverlee in Vlaams-Brabant.
Sources:
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/hampden-bij-munsterbilzen
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=AD859
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Mar-2020 20:40 | TigerTimon | Added |
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